Draenor

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This article is about the history, geography of the world of prime universe's
Draenor up to its destruction. For the history after its destruction, see Outland.
For the parallel, alternate timeline's Draenor featured in Warlords of Draenor,
see Draenor (alternate universe). For Draenor in the Warcraft film universe,
see Draenor (film universe).

Draenor

Type World
Races Orc
Draenei
Ogre
Ogron
Gronn
Magnaron
Colossal
Botani
Podling
Draenor ancient
Genesaur
Sporemound
Arakkoa
Fury
Languages Orcish, Draenei, Ravenspeech, Ogre
Location Great Dark Beyond
Status Largely destroyed; remnants transformed
into Outland
“Draenor was a land of magma and metal, stone and steam.”
— Annual 2015
Draenor, [ˈdɹænɔɹ] called Dawgar ("the Known Earth") by the ogres and Rakshar ("the
Sunstone") by the arakkoa, was the homeworld of the orcish race and the last refuge of
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the draenei before their arrival on Azeroth. It was a large, fertile world dominated by
vast plains, dense forests, and lush swamps. Besides the orcs and draenei it was
originally home to many other intelligent humanoid races, including the ancient, bird-
like arakkoa; the mighty ogres and their brutal gronn masters; and the aggressive tree-
men known as botani.
Due to the corruption of fel, during the last days of its life, Draenor was a transformed
world. Now a barren husk of badlands and hardscrabble vegetation, all under a blood-
red sky, the planet was referred to as the Red World. When the
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orc shaman Ner'zhul recklessly opened dimensional portals to find new worlds to
conquer, Draenor was torn apart and believed completely lost. However, a large
fragment of the world remained intact. That fragment is known today as Outland.